TY - JOUR
T1 - Aging With Schizophrenia
T2 - A Lifelong Experience of Multidimensional Losses and Suffering
AU - Avieli, Hila
AU - Mushkin, Peli
AU - Araten-Bergman, Tal
AU - Band-Winterstein, Tova
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - The aim of this study was to explore the subjective experience of suffering in aging individuals with schizophrenia. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 18 participants aged 60-69. Phenomenological content analysis was performed. Nine dimensions of suffering emerged: social rejection; familial rejection; the symptoms of schizophrenia; hospitalisation; the side effects of medication; loss of employment potential; loss of independent accommodation; loss of social life, and loss of hope to be a partner and a parent. The suffering of aging people with schizophrenia is cumulative and ongoing and thus evokes issues such as existential loneliness and feelings of homelessness.
AB - The aim of this study was to explore the subjective experience of suffering in aging individuals with schizophrenia. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 18 participants aged 60-69. Phenomenological content analysis was performed. Nine dimensions of suffering emerged: social rejection; familial rejection; the symptoms of schizophrenia; hospitalisation; the side effects of medication; loss of employment potential; loss of independent accommodation; loss of social life, and loss of hope to be a partner and a parent. The suffering of aging people with schizophrenia is cumulative and ongoing and thus evokes issues such as existential loneliness and feelings of homelessness.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84960459133&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.apnu.2015.11.005
DO - 10.1016/j.apnu.2015.11.005
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C2 - 26992876
AN - SCOPUS:84960459133
SN - 0883-9417
VL - 30
SP - 230
EP - 236
JO - Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
JF - Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
IS - 2
ER -